Rabies vaccine baits to be dropped across northwest Georgia cities

Asheville-Area Families Should Keep Kids and Pets Away From Rabies Vaccine Baits as Helicopter and Airplane Drops Begin

Helicopters drop rabies vaccine baits over Asheville Oct. 9-13, then planes cover 17 WNC counties. Here's what to do if kids or pets touch one.

Rabies vaccine baits to be dropped across northwest Georgia cities

Federal wildlife officials are distributing over 500,000 oral rabies vaccine baits via air drop across northwest Georgia to prevent the disease from spreading.

17 NC counties set for annual raccoon rabies vaccine drop, including McDowell

The oral rabies vaccination program, which began in the 1990s, helps prevent the raccoon rabies epizootic from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Northwest Georgia Rabies Vaccine Airdrop Begins October 2026

USDA helicopters begin dropping rabies vaccine baits over Dalton, Rome and other Northwest Georgia cities starting Wednesday to curb wildlife rabies.